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"Did Ms. Chen say anything? Anything at all, just tell me!"
Yi Yi covered her mouth and chuckled, "What do you think Ms. Chen would tell me? You already know, right? It's just some trivial gossip. She said that last night, the night watchman Wang Wu might have encountered a ghost, and when he got home, he seemed possessed. Also, this morning she met an old man who sold her a load of firewood for just one coin. She said it saved our county some money, so I told her to keep the savings for herself. She was overjoyed!"
"Firewood? Ghosts?" Zhan Feiyang stroked his chin thoughtfully and fell silent.
At this point, Yi Yi couldn't help but kick the hay at her feet. "That damn King Anle! I wonder if he really doesn't care about us anymore. What if he can't solve the case for several days? Then I won't be able to take care of my father! What will happen to him? When he wakes up, he'll definitely look for me."
"Don't worry, I'll make arrangements!" A cheerful laugh came from not far away, and soon Li Zimu appeared in a light blue brocade robe, looking radiant. With his hands clasped behind his back, he wore a mysterious smile.
Yi Yi hurried to the prison door, her eyes filled with anticipation. "What's going on? You're smiling so widely; did you solve the case?"
"Will you call me Brother Zimu if I solved it?" Li Zimu replied proudly.
"No problem! Not only will I call you Brother Zimu once, but I'll call you that every day from now on!" Yi Yi said while giving Zhan Feiyang a knowing glance.
Unexpectedly, Zhan Feiyang was deep in thought with his head down, seemingly oblivious to Li Zimu's arrival.
Li Zimu noticed this and cleared his throat deliberately. "Zhan Feiyang, aren't you even a little curious about my major discovery?"
"I heard from Lao Fang that the coroner found poisonous food in that bowl of Pork Belly Lotus Seed Soup. But I was in the kitchen when Yi Yi made it, and after thinking it over, the only possible source of poison could be the ingredients," Zhan Feiyang said with a determined expression, clearly having come to a conclusion.
"Ingredients? But the Pork Belly was sold to me by Pork Chen. We've always bought our meat from him. And the Lotus Seed was given to me this morning by Doctor Qi from Jian Tang when I asked to buy Pork Belly for my father. He initially thought I was buying it for my dad and kindly informed me that my father is currently ill and shouldn't eat such things. After I told him it was for Xie Keyou, he happily gifted me a bag of Lotus Seed, saying that Pork Belly Lotus Seed Soup is great for nourishing and boosting energy, perfect for Miss Xie."
Yi Yi's face suddenly turned pale. "So, it was Doctor Qi..."
"Wrong!" Li Zimu interrupted Zhan Feiyang triumphantly, finally revealing something he had been hiding behind his back.
"Pork Belly is fine, and so is the Lotus Seed. The problem doesn't lie with the ingredients at all," Li Zimu said, winking at Zhan Feiyang. "What do you think, Constable Zhan? I didn't let you down, did I?"
As he spoke, he proudly displayed his hands that had been hidden behind him. "Don't underestimate this branch! It doesn't matter what you use to cook the Pork Belly Lotus Seed Soup, but you absolutely cannot use a White Eggplant Branch. Because if the ash from the White Eggplant Branch falls into the soup, it will turn into a deadly poison. This White Eggplant Branch was also pulled out from the stove in my kitchen."
Yi Yi's eyes lit up with excitement. "So, if we find out who sent that White Eggplant Branch, we'll know who the murderer is?"
"Exactly!" Li Zimu said happily as he took out a key and unlocked her cell door. "Alright, I've already sent Lao Fang to find that old man who sells firewood. Once we catch him, we'll interrogate him thoroughly and surely uncover the whole story."
Yi Yi stretched lazily as she stepped out of her cell but noticed that Zhan Feiyang remained seated without moving.
"Brother Feiyang? What's wrong with you?"
"I’m just feeling a bit defeated! Heh, this guy thought I was a pushover and threw a tough problem at me, thinking I wouldn't be able to handle it. Now that I've cracked the case so brilliantly, he must be feeling a bit sour inside!"
"While it's true that cooking Pork Belly with Lotus Seed using a White Eggplant Branch is toxic, have you considered that if the murderer knew we were making Pork Belly Lotus Seed Soup specifically for Xie Keyou? If we only bought Pork Belly without adding Lotus Seed or if we had both but no White Eggplant Branch, then this soup would just be an ordinary soup—not enough to take someone's life?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Everything is just too coincidental! We went to buy groceries, intending to bring some food to Xie Keyou in prison, and it was a last-minute decision. Yet someone delivered the murder weapon that killed Xie Keyou right into our hands—Lotus Seed, White Eggplant Branch. These items seemed to appear so naturally, but that's not the case! If that old man selling firewood is the murderer, how could he know that we were going to make Pork Belly Lotus Seed Soup today? How could Yi Neng be sure that this soup was meant for Xie Keyou? There can only be one reason!"
Li Zimu's smug expression gradually faded.
Indeed! This matter is intricately linked; it appears coincidental, but in reality, someone has meticulously set up a trap, quietly concealing it, leading them step by step into it.
Just as he was about to say something more, he suddenly heard Yi Yi shout, "Brother Feiyang!"
Turning around, he saw Zhan Feiyang clutching his stomach tightly, cold sweat dripping down his pale face.
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